Ullal: Woman commit suicide with her 2 children at Netravathi river

Ullal:June.19:A woman committed suicide with her 2 children by jumping into Netravathi river on Wednesday. The body of the mother and 1 child was found and a search operation is continuing to find the body of another child. The deceased were identified as Mumtaz(28),a resident of B.C.Road and her daughters Fathima Naishana(8) and Khatija Naifa(6). The dead bodies of Mumtaz and Fathima were found.

Fathima was the 2nd std. student of ‘Best English Medium School’ while Khatija was studying in UKG. Mumtaz left for her parents house on Wednesday but committed suicide by jumping in the river at Ullal railway bridge. A local has seen them walking on the bridge before committing the suicide. Her husband Sadiq Mohammed has called his ‘in laws’ from Gulf about Mumtaz leaving the house to visit them at 2 pm. When her sister Naaz  tried to contact her on her mobile at 3 pm,a boy answered the mobile and said he found the mobile on the railway bridge and there are 3 pairs of footwear lying on the bridge. Naaz  and her husband rushed to the spot and a search operation started to find Mumtaz and her children.

The reason behind her suicide is not yet known.

Sorake promises integrated market complex in Surathkal

MANGALORE, June 18, 2013 : During the maiden visit of Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake to Surathkal on Monday, people and organisations sought modernisation of vegetable and fisheries market with basic facilities, bus stand in the suburb and parking facilities for private vehicles and autorickshaws.

Mr. Sorake promised to initiate quick action in providing integrated market complex and parking facilities. He said he would provide funds required but wanted the authorities to ensure that fisherfolk and vegetable vendors were not harassed in the name building a complex. He said proper alternative arrangements had to be made for them.

Problems roll in

People also drew attention to the problems caused to pedestrians and vehicle-users because the wagons of the RO-RO (roll-on roll-off) service of Konkan Railway were being parked very close to the road.

Surathkal legislator Mohiuddin Bava said he had promised to facilitate direct interaction between ministers and people of his constituency and the arrival of Mr. Sorake was in part fulfilment of this.

Kundapur:’Personality development is possible only through education’:Vinay Kumar Sorake

 Kundapur:June.17:”It is the duty of each and every educational institution to give a bright future to their students and make them a respectable citizen of our country. Personality development is possible only through good education” said Dist.Development and state urban development minister Vinay Kumar Sorake. He was addressing at a ’2013-14 year Educational activities and new students welcome function’ held at Kundapur St.Mary’s PU College on Saturday.

“In past,the educational progress was lacking due to poverty,shortage of facilities and superstition. Now the time has changed. Educational sector has become a reflection of the society due to the support it is getting from the govt. The schools have become the teaching centers for the students to know how to respect  our nation. Schools are like prayer halls where there is no discrimination of caste,creed or relgion. The students of undivided D.K.dist.are respected all over India. The Catholic educational institutions have played a major role in this sector” he said.

Kundapur Roman Catholic priest Anil D’Souza presided over the function. St.Mary’s PU College principal Praveen Amrith Martiz was present as chief guest at the programme. Cultural programmes were held by the students. Donors for the 2013-14 academic year were felicitated at the programme.

Oscar Fernandes: Long-time Congress organisation man

New Delhi, June 17, 2013, (IANS) Becoming a minister for the first time in the UPA-II government Monday, Oscar Fernandes, a senior Congress leader from Karnataka, has held key posts in the party and the previous Manmohan Singh government.

Fernandes, 72, was junior minister for labour and employment 2006-08 in the first United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. Before that, he held portfolios such as statistics and programme implementation, NRI affairs and youth and sports.

Becoming a party general secretary in 1996, he also headed the important Central Election Committee of the Congress till Sunday when the post went to Madhusudan Mistry in the party organisational re-shuffle.

First elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 from Udupi in Karnataka, he was re-elected to the lower house of parliament in 1984, 1989, 1991 and 1996 from the same constituency.
He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1998 and was re-elected in 2004.

MP Jayaprakash Hegde visits sea erosion place at Kodi

Kundapur:June.16:Sea erosion at Vinayaka Kodi and central Kodi is very serious and MP K.Jayaprakash Hegde had visited and made an inspection of the area on Sunday. 2 Fisheries sheds are in danger as the high waves are lashing them at this time. The Kundapur-Kodi road and an electric pole are also in danger.

After the inspection,Jayaprakash Hegde has informed the concerned authorities to arrange emergeny releif for this region areas. He said a petition was made to the District Administration to release an amount of Rs.5 lacs for the emergency releif of sea erosion. If the Dist.Administration delays the release of funds,then the amount will be released from MP relief fund he said.

Bunder and Ports Authority officer T.S.Rathod,Congress party leaders Ganesh Sherigar,Jyothi,Kumar Kharvi,Vijayalaxmi,Sandeep Poojari,Shankar Poojari,Sunil Poojari and others were present at the occasion.

Udupi:850 School text books stolen from BEO office

Udupi:June.13:Hundreds of school text books were stolen from the office of Udupi zone Education officer S.Vasanth Shetty. According to a complaint lodged by S.Vasanth Shetty,850 hundred text books from the book store, located near Udupi city bus stand on Wednesday night.

Free text books were kept on the one part of the store while the books for sale were kept on the other part. During the day time,the education dept.organizers are distributing the books. On Wednesday night,unknown thieves have entered the store by removing the tiles from the upper shed and took hundreds of text books.

2nd std.Mathametics(English medium)-150 books,5th std.English subject(English medium)-100 books,8th std.Science(English medium)-150 books,9th std.Kannada(First language)-100 books,English(Second language)-100 books,Mathametics(Kannada medium)-100 books,Science(Kannada)-50 text books were stolen.

The total value of 850 books stolen from the store is Rs.24,000/- according BEO Vasanth Shetty. The police are investigating the case.

Need blood? Gangolli website is just a click away

Gangulli:June.14: A few years ago, Governor HR Bharadwaj declared Gangolli, 52 km from Udupi, as voluntary blood donors’ village. Taking forward the reputation the Karvali Voluntary Blood Donors Association (KVBDA) of the village had launched a website– www.kvbda.org– with aim of creating a one-stop destination for patients in need of blood with contact details of blood donors across the state.

Today the website boast of details of over 2,000 blood donors. Divakar N Kharvi, founder of the association, said, “Because of some technical glitches we could not upload details of all voluntary blood donors. We will upload the details by the end of July,” he added.

The helpline number which was launched along with the website receives at least 80 calls from patients and hospitals in a month seeking blood. “Most of these calls are from Shimoga, Udupi and Davangere districts,” he added.

Gangolli village is home for over 2,500 people belonging to Kharvi community, who mainly depend on fishing for livelihood.

Since 2007 nearly 1,000 villagers of Gangoli have donated more than 2,000 blood units through donation camps.

Future plans

Divakar said soon a helpline centre exclusively for blood donation will be established in Gangolli. “Recently we launched a free ambulance service for the poor and needy people residing in and around Kundapur taluk,” he said.

“The villagers are also raising funds to set up a blood bank in Kundapur. At present, Kundapur does not have a single blood bank. If a hospital gives us space, we will establish a blood bank soon. We will also request the government to set up a blood bank in Kundapur.

Soon patients and their family members, who require blood units, can contact more than 2,000 blood donors by just logging on to the website of Karvali Voluntary Blood Donors Association (KVBDA) of Gangolli village situated 52 kms away from Udupi.

In view of helping the patients and hospitals KVBDA launched a website in January to upload contact details of blood donors, residing in different parts of the state.

The details include blood group, phone numbers and addresses of blood donors. But due to technical glitches KVBDA could not upload the details of many blood donors.